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Pianos in the Foreground: Six Modern Masters
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Because of its huge range, the piano might be the most expressive and adaptable instrument in western music. And since jazz is a product of western culture, it's no surprise that jazz pianists have been the genre's foremost creators, interpreters and stylists. This has been true since the days of ragtime, New Orleans, stride and swing, ...
A Peep Into The World of Putumayo
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The Putumayo label has been doing a remarkable job of bringing music from different corners of the world to hungry new ears, always including an element of surprise in the repertoire. Almost every album is brimful with tracks that delight and are a reminder that there are many more musicians out there than the industry is ...
Various Artists: Django’s Spirit. A Tribute To Django Reinhardt
by Nic Jones
Any tribute to a musician as phenomenal as Django Reinhardt leaves itself open to criticism, so all embracing was the guitar icon's ability to push at the boundaries, still felt to this day. Django's Spirit. A Tribute To Django Reinhardt isn't so much in Reinhardt's spirit as it is an attempt at bringing his work up ...
Various Artists: Murder. Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul
by Nic Jones
Themed compilations such as Murder. Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul afford opportunity to hear just how diverse a range of interpretations a theme can provoke. Here the title is self-explanatory and that element of diversity exists in abundance. Sonny Boy Williamson's “Your Funeral My Trial" is still as irresistible as ever; ...
Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007
by C. Michael Bailey
Various Artists Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007 Tompkins Square Records 2009 “Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 28, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 6 Carla Bley Carla’s Christmas Carols (ECM) 163 192 -29 12 62 1 3 2 20 46 The Airmen Of Note Cool Yule (Self Released) 143 103 +40 6 29 2 3 3 8 3 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 140 ...
AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009
by AAJ Staff
With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...
55 Years Of Blues
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD: Little By Little; I Ain't Gonna Sell It; Call My Job; Evening Train; Suffering Mind; Coffeehouse Blues; Keep On Loving Me; Love Abuse; Do You Love Me?; Baby What You Want Me To Do?; Blue Mood; Fine & Brown (alternate); I'll Be Your Mule; Please Love Me; The Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo; Feel So Bad; Not For The Love Of You; I Don't Want No Woman.
DVD: Tend To Your Business; Country Boy In The City; Baby Please Don't Go; Broke And Hungry; Judge Of Honor; In Too Deep; Leaving Mississippi; Cool Twist; 'Til The Fat Lady Sings; My Head Is Bald.
Wish You Too. Best Christmas Ever.
Label: Trikont
Released: 2009
Track listing: Back Door Santa; Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas?; World Of Love; Winter
Wonderland; When Jesus was Born; We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo; Santa Claus
Boogie; Je Et Tu Croient Plus A Pere Noel; Christmas Wrapping; Merry Christmas (I Don
Pirouet Jazz Compilation Vol. I: The Best Is Yet to Come
Label: Pirouet Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: See You Again; Forest of Oblivion; Toad; Way Too Early; River Bend; Kuk Kuk; Home Row; Stanley Park; Time Being; Mood 1697; See Ya.
